Darlington NASCAR Next Gen Average Finishes
| Rank | Driver | 2022 #1 | 2022 #2 | 2023 #1 | 2023 #2 | 2024 #1 | 2024 #2 | 2025 #1 | Avg. Finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | William Byron | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 2 | 9.1 |
| 2 | Christopher Bell | 6 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 9.6 |
| 3 | Denny Hamlin | 21 | 2 | 12 | 25 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 10.3 |
| 4 | Tyler Reddick | 2 | 3 | 22 | 2 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 10.7 |
| 5 | Joey Logano | 1 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 11 |
| 6 | Chase Elliott | 5 | 36 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 11.9 |
| 7 | Bubba Wallace | 27 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 13.1 |
| 8 | Ty Gibbs | 15 | 16 | 21 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 13.8 | |
| 9 | Chris Buescher | 16 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 30 | 6 | 6 | 13.9 |
| 10 | Brad Keselowski | 34 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 33 | 14.1 |
| 11 | Ross Chastain | 30 | 20 | 29 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 15.3 |
| 12 | Chase Briscoe | 20 | 27 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 28 | 16.1 |
| 13 | Justin Haley | 3 | 19 | 8 | 24 | 9 | 27 | 24 | 16.3 |
| 14 | Kyle Busch | 33 | 30 | 7 | 11 | 27 | 2 | 10 | 17.1 |
| 15 | Erik Jones | 25 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 19 | 24 | 17 | 17.3 |
| 16 | AJ Allmendinger | 23 | 13 | 18 | 18 | ||||
| 16 | Todd Gilliland | 15 | 28 | 11 | 26 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 18 |
| 16 | Ryan Blaney | 17 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 36 | 37 | 5 | 18 |
| 19 | Austin Cindric | 18 | 16 | 19 | 31 | 20 | 13 | 11 | 18.3 |
| 20 | Ryan Preece | 15 | 28 | 17 | 12 | 26 | 19.6 | ||
| 21 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr | 8 | 35 | 13 | 16 | 23 | 22 | 25 | 20.3 |
| 22 | Kyle Larson | 36 | 12 | 20 | 1 | 34 | 4 | 37 | 20.6 |
| 23 | Cole Custer | 26 | 14 | 22 | 20.7 | ||||
| 23 | Michael McDowell | 7 | 6 | 33 | 32 | 10 | 28 | 29 | 20.7 |
| 25 | Austin Dillon | 9 | 17 | 35 | 20 | 28 | 15 | 23 | 21 |
| 26 | Ty Dillon | 12 | 22 | 27 | 29 | 16 | 21.2 | ||
| 27 | Daniel Suarez | 10 | 18 | 34 | 34 | 24 | 18 | 15 | 21.9 |
| 28 | Alex Bowman | 29 | 10 | 33 | 8 | 19 | 35 | 22.3 | |
| 29 | Noah Gragson | 26 | 14 | 32 | 19 | 22.8 | |||
| 30 | Shane van Gisbergen | 26 | 20 | 23 | |||||
| 31 | Zane Smith | 35 | 23 | 12 | 23.3 | ||||
| 32 | Josh Berry | 30 | 3 | 31 | 36 | 25 | |||
| 33 | Carson Hocevar | 17 | 26 | 33 | 32 | 27 | |||
| 34 | John H Nemechek | 31 | 25 | 30 | 28.7 | ||||
| 35 | Cody Ware | 19 | 32 | 27 | 29.5 | ||||
| 36 | Riley Herbst | 34 | 34 |